Stories from Wednesday, February 16, 2022

Lucas Edington, broker/owner of Mossy Oak Properties Mozark Realty, has announced Derek Emmons as the Top Lister and Producer for January, and Jenny Elliott as the Top Lister for January. Emmons has worked in the real estate business since September 2014. ...

CAPE GIRARDEAU — Saint Francis Healthcare System is pleased to announce Stacy Huff has accepted the Executive Director of Foundation position, effective January 2022. Huff joins Saint Francis from the Boy Scouts of America National Foundation in Dallas, Texas, where he served as the executive director for more than 10 years. Huff has over 25 years of nonprofit, philanthropic and fundraising experience...

CAPE GIRARDEAU — Saint Francis Healthcare System is pleased to announce Rachel S. Hanauer, APRN-FNP-BC, has accepted a nurse practitioner role at Ferguson Medical Group-Charleston, a Saint Francis Medical Partner. Hanauer earned her Bachelor of Science degree in biology from Loyola University in Chicago, Illinois, in 2015, and her Bachelor of Science degree in nursing from Oak Point University in Chicago in 2017. ...

Saint Francis Healthcare System president and chief executive officer Maryann Reese resigned Tuesday afternoon, according to a release from the organization. Justin Davison, chief financial officer, will serve as interim president. No reason for Reese’s departure was given, and the release stated the organization would not accept media inquiries “at this time.”...

A mated pair of bald eagles who have called the Wappapello Dam area home for the past decade were visible Saturday for visitors of Winter Watch. The event brought out spotting scopes and binoculars to help visitors better see some of the birds native to the area, according to Alyssa Moss, park ranger student trainee with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers...

Hal Dewavon Duncan, 88, of Poplar Bluff, passed away Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022. He was born Nov. 12, 1933, in Portageville, Missouri, to the late Roy Earl and Beulah (Cook) Duncan. He married his sweetheart, Wyona (Sheedy) Duncan Nov. 5, 1955. He was a retired truck driver. Hal enjoyed the outdoors by fishing and hunting. Family was the ove of his life...

DONIPHAN, Mo. — Dwaine Michael Cronin, 67-year-old resident of Poplar Bluff, Missouri and former resident of Doniphan, Missouri, departed this life Sunday, Jan. 30, 2022 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. He was born March 8, 1954 in Poplar Bluff to the late Dwaine Martin and Amy Maxine (Sullivan) Cronin...

GREENVILLE, Mo. — Joan Paullus, 90, of Coldwater, Missouri, died Monday, Feb. 14, at Woodlawn Hills Nursing Center, Marble Hill. Visitation will be held at 5 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 19, at Ruegg Funeral Home, Greenville Chapel. Funeral will be held at 2 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 20, at Coldwater Methodist Church. Burial will follow in the Coldwater Methodist Cemetery...

The 2022 Women Aware conference will be Thursday, Sept. 22, at the Black River Coliseum, conference director Meredith Rines announced during the first planning meeting Thursday at Productive Staffing. “We are really excited to kick off this year’s planning for the Women Aware conference,” Rines said. “This year, we are trying to be innovative and expand on our traditions.”...

During its Feb. 16 meeting, the Three Rivers College Board of Trustees examined the school’s progress in its five-year plan, which began in 2020. Dr. Maribeth Payne presented a recap of TRC’s annual strategic planning meeting, which invites school leaders and planning managers together to evaluate the college’s progress towards its five-year goals — in this case, Aspire 25, a plan of renovation and improvement with a deadline of 2025. ...

BUTLER COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT Whitney N. Anderson, 35, of Broseley was booked Tuesday, Feb. 15, at the Butler County jail on a capias warrant for possession of a controlled substance and a warrant for possession of marijuana. _ James M. Balch, 36, of the 1600 block of Willow Street was booked Tuesday, Feb. 15, at the Butler County jail to serve five days shock time...

A Poplar Bluff native will return this February as the keynote speaker of a business seminar in his hometown for an internationally known company. Chuck Funke is now chief executive officer of ASEA, a company that provides direct sales of health and wellness products...